6AB5/6N5 ELECTRON-RAY TUBE INDICATOR TYPE WITH TRIGDE UNIT Heater™ Coated Unipotential Cathode Voltage 6.3 a-c or d-c volts Current 0.25 amp. Overall Length 3+13/16" to 4-3/16" Maximum Seated Height 3-9/16" Maximum Diameter 1-3/16" Bulb T-9 Base Smal] 6~Pin Pin 1-Heater Pin 4-Target Pin 2-Plate Pin 5-Cathode Pin 3-Grid Pin 6- Heater Mounting Position BOTTOM VIEW (6R) Any MAXIMUM RATINGS and TYPICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS Plate-Supply Voltage 180 max. volts {380 max. volts Target Vol tage 100 min, volts Typical Operation: Plate and Target Supply 135 135 volts Series Triode-Plate Resistor? 0.25 1.0 megohim Target Current $4 2 1.9 ma. Triode-Plate Current® 0.8 0.13 ma. Triode-Grid Voltage {approx. } For shadow angle of 0° -10 -15.5 volts For shadow angle of 90° 0 9 volts "In circuits where the cathoue is not directly connected to the heater, the potential clfference between heater ang cathode should be kept as p [9W, as possible, Designated as Rin circuit diagram under Type GES. fy subect to wide varlations. For tricde-gria bies of 0 velts. indicates a change. April 15, 1940 RCA RADIOTRON DIVISION DATA RCA MANUFACIURING COMPANY, INC. © &@ 6AB5 AVERAGE CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS £4 =6.3 VOLTS CURVE PLATE-SUPPLY | SERIES PLATE RE- VOLTS (B+) SISTOR (R) -MEG. 135 0.25 135 1.0 TARGET RAY ~ CONTROL ELECTRODE TO CONTROLLING we TARGET MILLIAMPERES 0 15 MAY 7,1940 VOLTAGE =10 —5 GRID VOLTS RCA RADIOTRON DIVISION RCA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. INC. B 8 @ 3 D 3 PLATE MiCROAMPERES SHADOW ANGLE -DEGREES b 3 92C—4890RI